<p><strong>Network Security Administrator</strong></p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong></p><p>The Network Security Administrator is responsible for protecting the organization’s network infrastructure through proactive monitoring, configuration, and management of next‑generation firewalls and related security technologies. This role focuses heavily on <strong>NGFW </strong>Next-Generation Firewalls, ensuring secure and reliable connectivity across enterprise environments. The specialist will be a key contributor to incident response, threat mitigation, and continuous improvement of security controls.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p><strong>Firewall & Network Security Administration</strong></p><ul><li>Configure, manage, and maintain <strong>Next‑Generation Firewalls (NGFW)</strong>, including policies, objects, NAT rules, App‑ID, User‑ID, threat prevention profiles, and Remote access VPN, ACL’s, IDS/IPS policies.</li><li>Perform regular firewall rule reviews, cleanup, and optimization to improve performance and reduce risk.</li></ul><p><strong>Security Operations & Monitoring</strong></p><ul><li>Monitor network security alerts, traffic anomalies, and firewall logs using vendor specific tools, SIEM platforms, and packet capture utilities.</li><li>Investigate and remediate network‑based security incidents, coordinating with SOC or incident response teams as necessary.</li><li>Perform security event correlation and escalation following established SOPs.</li></ul><p><strong>Network Infrastructure Support</strong></p><ul><li>Support secure network connectivity across data centers, branch sites, cloud environments, and remote access solutions.</li><li>Troubleshoot layer 2/3 issues related to routing, switching, VPN tunnels, and connectivity impacts to security appliances.</li><li>Assist in deploying secure architectures for new network builds, migrations, and cloud integrations.</li></ul><p><br></p>
